Windows 7 Libraries: Organize Your Files
Everyone knows how frustrating it can be when you can’t find that file that you are looking for…
This is our 8th tip in our series “Windows 7 – 15 Tips You Need to Know”. This information is also available in our “Windows 7: 15 Tips You Need To Know” eBook.
With Windows 7, you can now narrow your search down and find that file!
Windows 7 Libraries makes it easier to find, work with, and organize files that are scattered across your PC or network.
A Windows 7 Library brings your stuff together in one place, no matter where it’s actually saved.
You can also easily set a default save location for specific file types. You can even tell your computer to link an external drive to a Library.
Say you have an external hard drive that you use to back up pictures, to link this to a Library you would simply:
- Right click the drive (from your My Computer screen)
- Click “Include in Library”
- Select the Library you wish to include the files in
Now all of your photos will be in the Pictures Library with any other pictures located on your computers hard drive.
There are 4 Libraries already available in Windows 7:
- Documents
- Music
- Pictures
- Videos
If you want to create another Library for another type of file, you can that too! Just look to the top of your window and click “New Library.”
Windows 7 Libraries makes navigating and finding files on your computer faster and easier!
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